Near the Beginning
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Near The Beginning is the fourth album by the American psychedelic
rock band Vanilla Fudge
. It was released early 1969 and featured a cover of the Jr. Walker & the All Stars
song "Shotgun".
The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard album charts in March 1969.
Psychedelic music
Psychedelic music covers a range of popular music styles and genres, which are inspired by or influenced by psychedelic culture and which attempt to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in the...
rock band Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band. The band's original lineup – vocalist/organist Mark Stein, bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice – recorded five albums during the years 1966–69, before disbanding in 1970...
. It was released early 1969 and featured a cover of the Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Junior Walker & the All Stars were signed to the Motown label in the 1960s, and became one of the label's signature acts.-Biography:...
song "Shotgun".
The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard album charts in March 1969.
Side One
- "ShotgunShotgun (song)"Shotgun" is a 1965 single by Junior Walker & the All Stars, produced by Berry Gordy Jr. and Lawrence Horn. It reached number one on the U.S. R&B Singles chart for four non-consecutive weeks and was a Top 10 Pop smash, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100...
" (Autry DeWalt) - 6:10 - "Some Velvet MorningSome Velvet Morning"Some Velvet Morning" is a psychedelic pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra's album Movin' with Nancy, the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same name. The song has been covered many times...
" (Lee HazlewoodLee HazlewoodLee Hazlewood , born Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s.Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous...
) - 7:34 - "Where Is Happiness" (Carmine AppiceCarmine AppiceCarmine Appice is an American rock drummer of Italian background and is the older brother of drummer Vinny Appice by 12 years. He received a classical music training and was influenced by the jazz drumming of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa early on...
) - 6:59
Side Two
- "Break Song" (live version) (Carmine Appice/Tim BogertTim BogertJohn Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III is an American musician. He graduated from Ridgefield Memorial High School in his hometown in 1963...
/Vince MartellVince MartellVince Martell is best known as the lead guitarist for Vanilla Fudge.Martell was born in the Bronx to parents who played the guitar and encouraged him to play as well...
/Mark SteinMark SteinEarl Mark Sean Stein , known as Mark Stein, is a South African-born English former footballer who played for numerous English clubs as a striker...
) - 23:27
CD Bonus Tracks
- "Good Good Lovin'" (unedited version) (Carmine Appice/Tim Bogert/Vince Martell/Mark Stein)
- "Shotgun" (single version) (Autry DeWalt)
- "People" (single) (Carmine Appice/Tim Bogert/Vince Martell/Mark Stein)
Personnel
- Carmine AppiceCarmine AppiceCarmine Appice is an American rock drummer of Italian background and is the older brother of drummer Vinny Appice by 12 years. He received a classical music training and was influenced by the jazz drumming of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa early on...
- drums, vocals - Tim BogertTim BogertJohn Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III is an American musician. He graduated from Ridgefield Memorial High School in his hometown in 1963...
- bass, vocals - Vince MartellVince MartellVince Martell is best known as the lead guitarist for Vanilla Fudge.Martell was born in the Bronx to parents who played the guitar and encouraged him to play as well...
- guitar, vocals - Mark SteinMark Stein (musician)Mark Stein was the vocalist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger for Vanilla Fudge, the Tommy Bolin band, and Alice Cooper's band .- Early life and influences :...
- lead vocals, keyboards